diff --git a/onmt/transforms/filtering.py b/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
index 57aeccb4..f0877741 100644
--- a/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
+++ b/onmt/transforms/filtering.py
@@ -48,3 +48,39 @@ def apply(self, example, is_train=False, stats=None, **kwargs):
     def _repr_args(self):
         """Return str represent key arguments for class."""
         return '{}={}, {}={}'.format('src_seq_length', self.src_seq_length, 'tgt_seq_length', self.tgt_seq_length)
+
+# Filters inspired by OpusFilter https://github.com/Helsinki-NLP/OpusFilter/blob/aca40bd064d9b087c5216de0568d7fb91a31d142/opusfilter/filters.py
+
+@register_transform(name='filterwordratio')
+class WordRatioFilter(Transform):
+    """Filter out sentence based on word length ratio"""
+    
+    def __init__(self, opts):
+        super().__init__(opts)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_options(cls, parser):
+        """Avalilable options relate to this Transform."""
+        group = parser.add_argument_group("Transform/Filter")
+        group.add("--word_ratio_threshold", "-word_ratio_threshold", type=int, default=3, help="Threshold for discarding sentences based on word ratio.")
+
+    def _parse_opts(self):
+        self.word_ratio_threshold = self.opts.word_ratio_threshold
+
+    def apply(self, example, **kwargs):
+        """Return None if too long else return as is."""
+        src_len = len(example['src'].split())
+        tgt_len = len(example['tgt'].split())
+        lengths = sorted([src_len, tgt_len])
+        if lengths[0] == 0:
+            return None
+        else:
+            ratio = lengths[-1] / lengths[0]
+            if ratio < self.word_ratio_threshold:
+                return example
+            else:
+                return None
+    
+    def _repr_args(self):
+        """Return str represent key arguments for class."""
+        return '{}={}'.format('word_ratio_threshold', self.word_ratio_threshold)
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